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Surat: Pakistan should stop promoting terrorism, otherwise no one will be able to prevent it from "breaking into pieces", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. Speaking at a felicitation programme in Gujarat for the families of 122 soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty, Singh also warned Pakistan that if its people cross the Line of Control, the Indian Army will not allow them to return. "Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has given good advice to his people to not cross the Line of Control because Indian soldiers are ready and will not allow them to return," he said. Imran, while speaking in Muzaffarabad on Friday, had urged the Pakistani people not to march toward the Line of Control until he asks them to. Singh also said Pakistan was unable to digest India's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and went to the United Nations to “mislead” it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created such a belief and trust in India a

IMD predicts 'very heavy' rain in parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh today The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted "heavy to very heavy" widespread rainfall in east Rajasthan and west Madhya Pradesh for Sunday .  ANI reported that parts of the Pratapgarh district in Rajasthan were facing a flood-like situation on Sunday morning due to a rise in the water-level of Jakham and Mahi rivers following incessant heavy rainfall in the region. Additionally, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat are likely to receive "heavy to very heavy rainfall" at isolated places on Monday. A statement by the IMD said, "Rainfall activity over west Madhya Pradesh and the adjoining region is likely to reduce significantly from Tuesday onwards." On Saturday, several low-lying areas of Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district were submerged. Incessant rainfall in the district also resulted in water entering the Indira Gandhi District Hospital. Rajasthan:

Mumbai: A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to extract money from the staff posted at Matoshree, the Bandra residence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, for a parcel he falsely claimed was ordered by Aaditya Thackeray. File photo of Aditya Thackeray. PTI Matoshree, where the late Sena supremo Bal Thackeray resided, has high security. Notably, the accused Dheeraj More had succeeded in conning the staff at the bungalow gate on three occasions in the past using the similar modus operandi, a police officer said on Saturday. More, who used to work as a delivery boy earlier, is a resident of Parel in Central Mumbai. He was arrested earlier for a similar offence and was released from jail recently. Security at Matoshree has been tightened in view of the incident. A police official said More's cover was blown away when security guards at Matoshree detained him on Thursday when he tried to deliver a parcel claiming that it was ordered by the Yuva Sena president

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Union external affairs ministry to provide help in bringing back the mortal remains of four Sikh men drowned in a sewage tank in Italy. The incident happened on Thursday at a cattle farm in northern Italy due to the carbon dioxide fumes coming out from the cow manure, according to media reports. Of the four, two were brothers, Prem, 48, and Tarsem Singh, 45. The other two were workers, identified as Arminder Singh, 29, and Manjinder Singh, 28. "Saddened to hear about the death of 4 Punjabi men drown in a farm manure tank near Pavia, Italy. Request @DrSJaishankar to instruct the Indian Mission in Italy to help get the mortal remains back to India," Amarinder Singh tweeted. Saddened to hear about the death of 4 Punjabi men drown in a farm manure tank near Pavia, Italy. Request @DrSJaishankar to instruct the Indian Mission in Italy to help get the mortal remains back to India. — Capt.Amarinder Singh

Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday decided that ministers will start paying their own income tax, ending a four-decade-old practice of the state exchequer shelling out the amount annually for them. File image of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Reuters The direction follows criticism in the media of a law enacted in 1981 which ensures that the state's chief minister and ministers do not pay any income tax themselves. Instead, their share is shelled out by the state government under the Uttar Pradesh Ministers' Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Act, 1981. After a news report made this revelation, several politicians said they were not even aware of the provision in the UP Act. Late in the evening, the state government announced that the provision will be scrapped. UP chief minister and all ministers will pay their own income tax. The income tax bill till now was paid through the state treasury, Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said in a

The European Union has the largest free trade zone in the world. The EU’s single market has more than 50 crore people in it and it has an economy that is 10 times the size of India’s. There is free movement of goods, capital and services. French wine can be sold without borders in Italy, German cars in Spain and traders in England’s mighty financial centre London can deal in securities across Europe. The citizens of Poland and Portugal can move to London or Copenhagen freely and set up home and family there. This is a unique arrangement which has no parallel anywhere else on the planet. The idea of the EU came about after the Second World War. People thought that if the economies of the European nations were linked there would be fewer chances that they would go to war. And so the EU nations began to link themselves through the steel industries, which were critical for war production. The SAARC logo. Agencies. Gradually, they began integrating more and more of their interests till

HSSC Clerk Admit Card 2019 |  Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) is expected to release the admit card for clerk recruitment on Friday ( 14 September ). Candidates can log on to the official website — hssc.gov.in — to download their admit cards. Representational image. PTI The HSSC clerk recruitment exam will be conducted from 21 September to 23 September. Steps to check and download HSSC Clerk Admit Card 2019 : Step 1 : Visit the official website of HSSC Step 2 : Click on the 'public notice’ link given on the bottom of the homepage Step 3 : A link to download the admit card will be displayed on the screen. Step 4 : Enter your credentials and click on 'Sign in' Step 5 : Download your Haryana clerk admit card and take a print out for future use The exam will be OMR-based and conducted in multiple shifts. While the written examination will carry 90 marks, the socio-economic criteria and relevant work experience of the candidate will carry 10 marks, NDTV rep

Assam NRC Final List : The individual statuses of all 3.30 crore applicants who were part of the Assam government's National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise have been published online on Saturday (14 September) , the office of the NRC State Coordinator said in Guwahati. "The names of all the 3.30 crore applicants as per draft NRC and supplementary list of inclusions and exclusions (final NRC) have been published," the office of the NRC State Coordinator said in Guwahati. File image of an NRC center in Assam. PTI The final NRC list which consisted only of supplementary lists, was published on 31 August at all NRC Seva Kendra (NSK) across the state and on www.nrcassam.nic.in or www.assam.mygov.in online. "Names of all the members of a family irrespective of their involvement in the claims and objections process have been published on Saturday," the official said. In the final document, of the total 3,30,27,661 applicants, over 19 lakh didn't find

New Delhi:  On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday stressed on the need to have a unifying language that becomes a mark of India's identity in the world and keeps "foreign languages" from finding a place in the country. File image of Home Minister Amit Shah. PTI "Though I believe that the diversity of languages and dialects is one of the biggest strengths of India, there is a need for our country to have one language, so that foreign languages don't find a place. This is why our freedom fighters envisioned Hindi as 'Raj bhasha'," Shah said in his address at a Hindi Diwas programme. Shah said that any nation that abandons its language cannot preserve its culture and consequently loses its existence. "On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, we should introspect. There are many countries in this world whose languages have become extinct. The country that abandons its language loses its existence too. The country that

<strong>New Delhi</strong>: The Centre has withdrawn 10,000 paramilitary personnel deployed in Assam before the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), officials said on Saturday. "The decision was taken as there has been no violence in Assam ever since the NRC, which validates bona fide Indian citizens of the northeastern state, was published on 31 August," they said. Representational image. ANI The updated final NRC excluded names of 19 lakh applicants. A Home Ministry official said a decision was taken on 19 August to deploy 218 companies of paramilitary forces in Assam for maintenance of law and order situation ahead of the publication of the final NRC. "As peace continues to prevail in Assam, a review has been carried out by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday on the situation in the state. After the review, a decision has been taken to withdraw 100 companies of paramilitary forces with immediate effect," the official

New Delhi : The financial capital of India- Mumbai has observed rainfall in some parts during the last 24 hours. But the intensity of the downpour was not even. According to Skymet, Colaba recorded 6.2 millimetres while Santa Cruz recorded 41.3 millimetres of rain. Representational image. PTI The weather forecasting has predicted that the region is likely to receive more rainfall in the next two to three days with the temperature oscillating between 24 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius. "September started on a good note for the city with instances of record rainfall multiple times. On many occasions, 3-digit rain was recorded in the city, which was more than double the normal figure. Between 10 and 11 September, the rainfall activity in the city subsided to a large extent. But thereafter the weather changed again in Mumbai and moderate rains lashed the city," Skymet stated. Apart from Mumbai, the national capital and its nearby regions such as Gurugram, Faridabad,

New Delhi : The Centre has withdrawn 10,000 paramilitary personnel deployed in Assam before the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), officials said on Saturday. "The decision was taken as there has been no violence in Assam ever since the NRC, which validates bona fide Indian citizens of the northeastern state, was published on 31 August," they said. Representational image. ANI The updated final NRC excluded names of 19 lakh applicants. A Home Ministry official said a decision was taken on 19 August to deploy 218 companies of paramilitary forces in Assam for maintenance of law and order situation ahead of the publication of the final NRC. "As peace continues to prevail in Assam, a review has been carried out by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday on the situation in the state. After the review, a decision has been taken to withdraw 100 companies of paramilitary forces with immediate effect," the official said. Among the 100 compan

Imphal: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has said that police will launch a massive drive against illegal sale of liquor and unlawful production of spurious liquor in the state. The chief minister's remark comes in the backdrop of busting of several spurious liquor manufacturing units by police in the past few months. File image of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. PTI "Local liquor is being produced by some sections of the people as a customary practice. However, this practice is fast turning into a commercial exercise, which is leading to adulteration and large scale production of liquor in the recent past," Singh said. He also laid emphasis on the urgent need for formulating a concrete policy in consultation with experts to check rampant production and sale of liquor hazardous to health. The chief minister also sought support and co-operation from the masses in this regard. Singh urged CSOs to suggest possible measures which can be taken up at this junct

Washington:  A group of American lawmakers have expressed concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the US envoys in India and Pakistan to facilitate de-escalation of tension between the two countries as it presents "tremendous danger" to global peace and a clear national security risk for the US. Representational image. Reuters In a letter to the US Ambassadors to India and Pakistan, Kenneth Juster and Paul W Jones respectively, on Friday, seven Congressmen said there is risk that the relationship between India and Pakistan will continue to devolve as a result of the fresh tension between the two countries following revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. "This presents a tremendous danger to global peace and a clear national security risk for the United States. Pakistan and India are both valued allies, crucial to our interests in the region, including the Afghanistan peace process," the letter said. "It is of the utmost im

Hindi Diwas 2019: On the occasion of Hindi Diwas , as the nation unites to celebrate its distinct identity, reactions have started pouring in from across all political circles to observe the day, 14 September , that crowns Hindi as one of the official languages of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Hindi Diwas and stressed on the "simplicity, spontaneity and decency" of the national language that offers meaning to expression. हिंदी दिवस पर आप सभी को बहुत-बहुत बधाई। भाषा की सरलता, सहजता और शालीनता अभिव्यक्ति को सार्थकता प्रदान करती है। हिंदी ने इन पहलुओं को खूबसूरती से समाहित किया है। — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2019 Urging everyone to try their best in promoting the national language, the BJP tweeted from its Rajasthan handle and said that Hindi is the "boon of our consciousness". Claiming that Hindi holds the ability to "tie the country to the door of unity", Home Minsiter Amit Sh

A teenage girl in Rajasthan was reportedly seen running down a street naked, terrified out of her mind, as she tried to escape three men who had kidnapped, beaten and raped her in a Rajasthan town on Monday evening, reported NDTV . The girl, her cousin and her friend from Rajasthan's Bhilwara village were on their way to a temple when three drunk men approached them. While her cousin and friend managed to run away, the girl was allegedly dragged to an isolated spot and raped. Representational image. Getty The victim's cousin who managed to escape rushed to a nearby market and screamed for help when a local shopkeeper took notice. As per reports, the shopkeeper accompanied her to the spot and saw the men thrashing the girl. "They fled after seeing me. But the girl was so terrified that she ran without clothes for over half a kilometre. Initially, she refused to trust me and take my help. But after a few minutes, she trusted me. I gave my clothes to her," the shop

New Delhi: Kicking off 'Seva Saptah' to mark prime minister Narendra Modi's birthday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and met the patients admitted here and enquired about their health situation. Amit Shah also swept the floor of the hospital while other leaders followed suit. He also distributed fruits to the patients Union Home Minister Amit Shah met patients at AIIMS on Saturday. ANI "The whole government machinery will throw its weight behind the Seva Saptah . Zila Panchayat, gram panchayat, municipalities, municipal corporations, Taluka panchayat wherever the people have given us power, the crores of BJP workers will be observing Sewa Saptah through plantation drive, cleanliness drive and by serving the poor and needy," said Shah. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated his whole life working for the poor and nation," he said. Accompanying him were BJP working President J

Kolkata : The CBI has summoned former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear for questioning on Saturday in connection with its probe into the Saradha scam, officials said. The agency served notices to Kumar after the Calcutta High Court withdrew his protection from arrest on Friday. File image of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar. PTI A team of CBI officials reached his residence to serve the notice, the officials said. Kumar, who is currently the West Bengal CID additional director general, was part of a special investigation team set up by the West Bengal government to investigate the scam before the Supreme Court handed over the case to the CBI in 2014, along with other chit fund cases. The Saradha group of companies allegedly duped lakhs of people to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore, promising higher rate of returns on their investments. In May, the Supreme Court declined to entertain his petition seeking extension of protection from arrest in the multi-cr

New Delhi : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that areas such as Gujarat and West Madhya Pradesh are likely to receive heavy rainfall on Saturday. Representational image. ANI The weather forecasting further predicted that isolated places over East Rajasthan, Sub Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Konkan, Goa and Sikkim may also witness heavy downpour throughout the day. "Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Saurashtra, Kutch, Madhya Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal," the IMD added in its All India Weather Warning Bulletin. Strong winds, speed reaching 40-50 kilometre per hour, are likely to prevail over west-central and south-west Arabian Sea. Squally weather conditions are likely to prevail along and off Gujarat coast. The organisation has advised fishermen not to venture into these areas for the next

Patna : Amid public outcry over hefty provisions in new Motor Vehicles Act, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that there is a need to create more awareness among people and bring change in the attitude of policemen. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav speaking to reporters in Patna on Friday. ANI "If anyone is breaking the rule then he should be fined. But the attitude (of policemen) should not be like a goon. There is a need to make people understand in a good manner. Just fining people would not work. There is a need to aware people to abide by the rules," he told reporters. After the heavy fines were introduced in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019, hefty challans have been levied on many violators for not abiding by the traffic rules. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/30eQMTF Asian News International

Raipur: Two Naxals, carrying cash rewards on their heads, were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Saturday. The gunbattle broke out at around 11:30 pm on Friday in a forest near Kutrem village in the Kirandul police station area when a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI over phone. Representational image. PTI After a brief exchange of fire when the security forces personnel tried to zero in on the ultras, they escaped into the dense forest taking advantage of darkness, he said. During a search of the encounter spot, the bodies of two ultras were found, Pallava said. The ultras were identified as Lachu Mandavi and Podiya, both members of the Malangir area committee of the Maoists, the police said, adding that they were carrying cash rewards of Rs five lakh each on their heads. Two weapon

New Delhi : Three people sustained critical injuries on Friday night after the car they were travelling in lost control and collided with a street light on the road divider in Delhi's Mayur Vihar. The accident took place at a flyover near Mayur Vihar Phase-1. Visual of the car which met with an accident on Friday night. ANI All three injured have been admitted to the hospital, where one is said to be in a critical state. The two injured have been identified as Pratik and Atul. The police have also recovered liquor bottles from the spot of the accident. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2Anhsa9 Asian News International

Hindi Diwas 2019 : Every year on 14 September , the nation gears up to celebrate Hindi Diwas, which marks the significance of the day when the Constituent Assembly after Independence adopted Hindi as the official language of India. After the Constituent Assembly took the decision in 1949, the Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha on 1953 requested to observe 14 September as Hindi Day every year and broadcast the language in every region. Hindi is one of the 22 scheduled languages spoken in the country. Wikimedia Commons Written in the Devanagri script, Hindi is one of the 22 scheduled languages spoken in the country and one of the official languages of the Union Government. The other is English language. According to Ethnologue , a US organisation owned by Christian group SIL International that compiles a global database of languages, Hindi is the fourth most-spoken language in the world. History During the 200 years of British rule in India, Hindi became oppressed and was con

Islamabad: Conceding his defeat after failing to get "expected" support from the international community over Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India has made Kashmir a part of the country after the abrogation of Article-370. In an exclusive interview to Russia Today that aired on Friday, Khan said: "India has annexed Kashmir, so it is no longer a disputed territory as far as India is concerned. They have made it a part of India." File image of Imran Khan. Twitter@PTIofficial "Sadly, I would have expected the world to react much more than it has," said Khan, while accusing the Indian government of violating the Simla agreement. Khan has further claimed that trade and markets have blocked and prevented the world to react over the Kashmir issue. The Pak Prime Minister also vented his frustration by launching attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and RSS. Reiterating his threat of a possible nuclear war bet

Nirmala Sitharaman presser today, sector-specific announcements to address downturn expected Amid concerns about the economic slowdown in the country, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to announce more measure and other important decision on 14 September during a press conference. According to PIB's twitter, she will address a press conference from 2:30 at the National Media Centre in New Delhi. Press Conference by Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman to announce important decisions of the government. ⏰: 2:30 PM, Tomorrow 📍: National Media Centre, New Delhi Watch on PIB's YouTube: https://t.co/vCVF7r3Clo Facebook: https://t.co/7bZjpgpznY — PIB India (@PIB_India) September 13, 2019 A government official told Mint that Sitharaman is expected to announce sector-specific solutions and targets. This announcement comes four days after the auto industry revealed the sales figures for August, announcing that domestic passenger vehicle sales skidded for the 1

In a conversation with Kishore Biyani two weeks ago, the Future Group founder told me that he saw structural shifts in consumption patterns which the country is either not spotting or acknowledging. The precise words are not his but in effect, this is what he said. "We are hitting all-time highs in our furniture sales," he said. "Why ?" I asked. "I don't know yet," Biyani said candidly, acknowledging both the diverse sets of data as well as the fact that there are new or different drivers to consumer needs and perhaps tastes. I asked him about the sachet and biscuit economy taking a hit; essentially why were small ticket items such as these also losing out? Biyani said he was not sure but maybe people were not using sachets of soaps and shampoos because there were more toilets. "We are definitely building more toilets in the country and sachets are usually because of multi-use of same toilets," he said. Auto industry struggles amid slowdo

Mumbai : At least 18 persons drowned in separate incidents during immersion of Ganesh idols across Maharashtra, police said on Friday. Immersions, which began on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday, continued into Friday morning in several parts of Mumbai, Pune and Sangli, officials said. Drowning incidents were reported in 11 districts comprising Amravati, Nashik, Thane, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Dhule, Bhandara, Nanded, Ahmednagar, Akola and Satara, an official said, adding that 18 persons lost their lives in these. Representational image. Reuters The deaths include four in Amravati, three in Ratnagiri, two each in Nashik, Sindhudurg and Satara, one each in Thane, Dhule, Buldhana, Akola and Bhandara. In neighbouring Thane, a 15-year-old boy, identified as Kalpesh Jadhav of Kasara, drowned while immersing a Ganpati idol. The incident took place around 7:30pm on Thursday, an official said. Bodies of four persons taking part in immersion on Thursday in Purna river in Amravati's Watole

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan will have two meetings with President Donald Trump later this month during his visit to the US where the Pakistani premier will also attend his first UNGA session, according to a media report. According to Khan's schedule, the first meeting between both the leaders will be at lunch, whereas, the other will be at high tea, Geo News reported. The prime minister's schedule of meetings during his stay in the States has been finalised, the report said. File image of Imran Khan. Reuters Khan will arrive in New York on 21 September to attend the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. He will address the UNGA on 27 September. It would be his first UNGA session since he assumed office in August 2018. He is also scheduled to hold talks with world leaders and apprise them about the tense situation in Kashmir after India revoked the region's special status on 5 August. This would be Khan's second visit to the US. In July, PM Khan he

Washington: A bipartisan group of four influential US lawmakers on Thursday expressed concern over the human rights situation in Kashmir and urged President Donald Trump to press India to lift the communication blackout and release those who have been detained. The senators also said that Pakistan should end support to terrorism and refrain from taking any steps that could destabilise Kashmir. In a letter addressed to Trump, Senators Chris Van Hollen, Todd Young, Ben Cardin and Lindsay Graham said, "With each passing day, the situation for the people of Kashmir becomes increasingly difficult." "Therefore, we ask that you call upon Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi to fully restore telecommunications and internet services, lift the lockdown and curfew, and release Kashmiris detained pursuant to India's revocation of Article 370," stated the letter, a copy of which was released to the press. Restrictions were imposed when New Delhi had on 5 August scrapped the s